Othello - Year 3

Shakespeare’s Month

Year 3
Othello

1 / 34
next
Slide 1: Slide
EngelsMiddelbare schoolvmbo, mavoLeerjaar 3

This lesson contains 34 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 120 min

Items in this lesson

Shakespeare’s Month

Year 3
Othello

Slide 1 - Slide

Othello,
What do you know already?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Reading the novel
The teacher is the storyteller 
You can get assigned roles


Slide 3 - Slide

Example 5-steps storyline 1

Slide 4 - Slide

Example 5-steps storyline 2

Slide 5 - Slide

Othello 5-steps storyline
Think about these 5 steps of the story and write down what you think happens where: 
1.Prologue
2.Rising Action
3.Climax 
4.Falling action
5. Denouement

Slide 6 - Slide

Discuss Theme: Race/Prejudice
Throughout the play, Othello, a Moor, is seen as an outsider. Although he holds a position of high power in Venice, he is still a victim of racial prejudice. He marries a nobleman’s daughter and, because of their interracial marriage, jealousy, skepticism, and revenge ensue.

Does this happen now?

Slide 7 - Open question

Throughout the play, there is no evidence or proof of Desdemona’s infidelity. However, it is Iago who constantly plants a seed of suspicion in Othello’s mind that causes his jealousy to flare. The smoking gun for Othello is the embroidered handkerchief Iago stole to plant in Cassio's room.

What would you do if a friend did this to you?

Slide 8 - Open question

How do power and ambition influence a person’s choices?

Slide 9 - Open question

What roles do prejudice, jealousy, and revenge play in our society and world?

Slide 10 - Open question

How do our personal thoughts and feelings about life affect our friendships?

Slide 11 - Open question

Would you date or marry someone that your society disapproved of?

Slide 12 - Open question

Storyboard exercise
Create a storyboard that shows each time Iago planted a seed of jealousy in Othello’s ear.

Use either one of these two websites: 
https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator
https://www.canva.com/create/storyboards/

Slide 13 - Slide

Make a comedic or satire meme
Have you ever been online and run into a video or meme about something you've learned? It probably made you laugh out loud, and you probably learned something from it as well. Maybe it was a funny exaggeration of a theme or a character, or maybe it was done to make a particular point. Either way, there was value in the comedic relief it provided. 

This is your assignment. 
https://www.kapwing.com/meme-maker

Slide 14 - Slide

Have you ever felt jealous of a friend's lover?
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 15 - Poll

Writing Exercise
Write a short story of your opinion on 1 of these 4 topics:

  1. Jealousy and credulity;
  2. love and hate;
  3. issues of race and nationality
  4. the idea of "honesty"

300-500 words. You may use online resources.

Slide 16 - Slide

How is Lago so good at convincing everyone he is the honest one? How does he manipulate the others?

Slide 17 - Open question

The handkerchief,
Where do we see it in the story?

Slide 18 - Mind map

Discuss
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
1. Compare and contrast the relationship between Othello and Desdemona with that of Cassio and Bianca. How are they healthy and unhealthy?

2. Examine the similarities and differences in class, freedoms, and wisdom of the three women, Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca, in the play. 




Slide 19 - Slide

Relation to today
1. What struggles do those who marry interracially or inter-culturally face today?

2. Why, even after being strangled, will Desdemona not name Othello as her murderer. What does this have to do with abusive relationships?

3. Othello is referred to as “the Moor” nearly sixty times in the play but is called by his name only about twenty times. What might the effects of this labeling be on a person?

4. Considering both the good and bad, especially the pathetic end most of the characters meet, in the play do you think Shakespeare was or wasn’t ahead of his time in
consideration of racial and gender ideals?

Slide 20 - Slide

An Othello Quiz

Slide 21 - Slide

What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief?
A
Strawberries
B
Dots
C
Daggers
D
Leaves

Slide 22 - Quiz

How is the Turkish fleet held back?
A
In battle with Othello's fleet
B
By a storm
C
Mutiny
D
In battle with ships from Rhodes

Slide 23 - Quiz

What rank is Cassio before Othello takes it away from him?
A
Corporal
B
Private
C
Colonel
D
Lieutenant

Slide 24 - Quiz

How old is Lago?
A
Thirty-five
B
Nineteen
C
Fifty
D
Twenty-eight

Slide 25 - Quiz

What is 'the beast with two backs?'
A
A mutant horse
B
Othello
C
Two people having a private time
D
Conjoined twins

Slide 26 - Quiz

What is Othello holding as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona?
A
A light
B
A sword
C
A pillow
D
A flower

Slide 27 - Quiz

Who made the handkerchief that Othello got from his mother?
A
Barbary
B
Othello's mother
C
Othello's former lover
D
A sibyl, or female prophet

Slide 28 - Quiz

What first attracted Desdemona to Othello?
A
His strong hands
B
His beautifully crafted armor
C
His handkerchief
D
The stories of his past

Slide 29 - Quiz

How does Othello kill Desdemona?
A
He stabs her
B
He smothers her
C
He beats her to death
D
He strangles her

Slide 30 - Quiz

What does Lago mean when he talks about the 'green-eyed monster'?
A
Envy
B
Greed
C
Jealousy
D
Sexual desire

Slide 31 - Quiz

Slide 32 - Video

Slide 33 - Video

The End!
What did you think about Shakespeare Month? 

Slide 34 - Slide